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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Alicia accidentally taken to a concentration camp?

2. Where did Alicia and her family hide when the Nazis come to the ghetto in chapter 7?

3. When Moshe comes home, how does he appear?

4. What saves Alicia?

5. What were the Jews proud of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Alicia to be picked up in a transport car?

2. What happened to Hebrew when The Russians took over Poland?

3. As the winter comes, how do the Jews protect themselves from Nazi raids?

4. How does Alicia find her way home after being caught in the transport car?

5. What is the second way that Alicia proves she is selfless in this section?

6. How does living in the ghetto cause many of the Jewish people to act towards one another.

7. Why did Alicia's employer cease to allow Alicia and her mother to work and stay under her roof?

8. Where do Alicia and her siblings go everyday to try to make money?

9. Who help to nurse Alicia back to health after she escapes being sent on a death march?

10. How does Alicia show her selflessness in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During World War II, the Russian and Germans had a very tense relationship.

Describe the international relations between the Russians and Germans at the beginning of the war.

What changes in Russian-Nazi relations, to cause Russia to join the allies and work to liberate Eastern Europe.

Essay Topic 2

After the war, why does Alicia strive to gain education?

Does she think that it will better her life to be educated?

Is going to school allowing her to catch up on a life she missed out on?

Essay Topic 3

Although the war ends, Alicia still feels like she is treated poorly because of her religion or her nationality.

Describe two occasions when Alicia is discriminated against because of her religion or her nationality.

How does she work to overcome these obstacles she is faced with?

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